Ghost story
The monks' church in Raikküla forest
In the Raikküla manor forest in Rapla parish stood the ruins of the 'Monks' Church', with stone walls still knee-high a quarter of a verst from the main road. The monks were said to have built it by night while pagans tore it down by day, and their treasure lay in a cellar beside it. A man was told in a dream to break open its iron door and strike down the black bull that would meet him, but he never dared. Two men who went down a vaulted passage from the manor stables with a lantern met foul air and a black pig whose grunt put out their light, and turned back. Raikküla lies south of Rapla.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Rapla kihelkonnas Raikküla mõisa metsas olid Munga kiriku varemed – suurest teest umbes veerand versta metsas olid kivimüürid veel põlvekõrgused. Räägiti, et mungad ehitasid kirikut öösel, aga paganad lõhkusid päeval ning munkade varandus on kiriku kõrval keldris. Ühele mehele näidati unes, et ta peab raudukse lahti murdma ja vastu tuleva musta härja maha lööma, kuid ta ei julgenud. Kaks meest, kes läksid laternaga mõisa talli juurest alla võlvitud käiku, said vastu umbse haisu ja musta sea, kelle röhkimise peale tuli kustus, ning pöördusid tagasi. Raikküla asub Raplast lõuna pool.
Source: M. J. Eisen, 'Raha-augu jutud' (no. 41, recorded by M. Rekkaro, Raikküla) ↗